Shower-bath attachment.



A. R. HOLTMAN. SHOWER BATH ATTAOHMENT. APPLICATION FILED MAY 17, 1913.RENEWED JAN. 2. 91

1,086,709. Patented Feb. 10, 1914.

WITNESSES ATTORNEYS UNITED STATES PATENT un on.

AXEL ROBERT HOLTMAN, 0F PORTLAND, OREGON, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO JAMESC. HARVEY, OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

SHOWER-BATH ATTACHMENT.

specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 10, 1914.

Application filed Kay 17, 1913, Serial No. 768,335. Renewed January 2,1914. Serial No. 810,043.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Axon ROBERT HOLT MAN, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a residentof Portland, in the county of Multnomah and Stateof Oregon, have made certain new and useful Improvements in' Shower-BathAttachments, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is an improvement in shower baths, and has for its object,the provision of mechanism adapted for connection with the fittings of abath tub and arranged to permit a shower to be taken without wetting thehead and without splashing Water out of the tub, and with the taker inreclining position in the tub, and wherein means is provided forpermitting the attachment to 44 of Fig. 3; and, Fig. 5 is a plan view ofa portion of the attachment and its support. The present embodiment ofthe invention is shown applied to a bath tub l of ordinarv construction,and supplied with hot and cold water through the ordinary supply pipes2, the said pipes being connected inside the tub by extensions 3 and 4with the combining faucet 5, the said faucet being of any usual ordesired construction.

off valve 11. The section 8 is connected to the section 7 and the elbow9 by means of unions 12, and a flexible pipe 13 of rubber or of the tub.

The sections 6, 7 and 8 of the attachment are perforated on their undersurfaces, as shown in order to spray the water into the tub, and thesection 6 is curved as shown, in order that the water sprayed from thesaid section will not strike the adjacent inclined end of the tub, butwill be thrown toward the bottom of the tub at an angle, the streamsfrom the perforations of the said sections crossing each other and thestreams from the adjacent end of the section 7.

A shield or rest 14is connected With the .outer end of the section 7,the said shield or rest being shaped to fit the round edge of the tub,as shown, in order to support the end of the attachment remote from thesupply plpes. The said rest is slidable on the tub, during the lateralmovement of the attachment, and when in contact with the tub forms asupport for the free end of the attachment, the other end beingsupported by mechanism to be described.

The support for the inner end of the attachment consists of asubstantially U-shaped or wicket-shaped bracket, the horizontal portionof the elbow 9 being arranged adjacent to the body 15 of the saidbracket, and the arms 16 of the bracket extend approximately parallelfrom the body. Each of the arms 16 is provided at its lower end with alongitudinal series of openings 17 the members of the seriesregistering, and a bar 18 has one of its ends secured to the outer 'faceof each arm just above the said openings, by means of bolts 19. Theother end of each of the said bars is offset outwardly from the adjacentarm 16, as shown at 20, and extends parallel with the said arm, inspaced relation, and the portion 20 of each of the said bars is providedwith a longitudinal series of openings 21, the said openings registeringwith the openings 17 ofthe adjacent arm 16. The attachment comprises apipe formed 1 of four sections, a curved section 6, two; straightsections 7 and 8, and an elbow 9.

The sections 6 and 7 are connected by a "i valve casing 10,-in which isarranged a cut- I The bracket is arranged with the arm 16 on the innersides of the extensions 3 and 4, and with the portions 20 of the bars 18on the outer side of the said extensions. Each of the said extensions isthus between an arm 16 of the bracket and the offset portion 20 of theadjacent bar, and a rod 22 is passed through the registering openings17-21 below the extensions. The said rod has an eye 23 at one end, andthe opposite end is engaged by a bolt 24. The bracket is thus supportedon the extensions, prevented from further downward movement by theconnection between the bar 18 and the oiiset portion 20 thereof, andfrom upward movement by means of the rod 22. The flexible pipe 13 passesdownwardly between the extensions 3 and t of the pipes 2,

and then upwardly, as shown more particularly in Fig. 1, to a connectionwith the outlet of the combining valve.

The horizontal portion of the elbow 9 is arranged within a ring 25, thesaid ring loosely encircling the elbow. A second ring 26 is arrangedco-axial with the pipe and in spaced relation with respect to the ring25, and screws 27 are passed through the ring 26 at diametricallyopposite points, and through the ring 25. into engagement with the pipe9. The said screws connect the ring 25 with the ring 26, and hold therings in spaced relation, while at the same time they prevent rotarymovement ofthe pipe in the ring 25.

The ring 26 is arranged adjacent to the body portion 15 of the bracket,and the said ring is connected to the body portion by means of bolts andnuts 28. Each of the said bolts is passed from within outward throughthe ring 26 and the bracket, the said boltsbeing in diametricalalinement, to permit the ring 26 to swing on a horizontal axis. Thescrews 27 permit the ring 25 to swing on a vertical axis, to permit alimited lateral swinging movement of the attachment. The rings 25 and 26together with the bolts and the screws form a gimbal joint, so that thefree end of the attachment may be swung upward, or the said free end maybe swung laterally.

In operation, the device is connected with the tub, by removing the rod22, and seating the bracket on the extensions 3 and 4. The rod is thenreplaced and engaged by the nut 24. The engagement of the rest 14 withthe tub supports the attachment'with the sections 7 and 8 in horizontalposition, and when the valve 5 is opened, the Water is free to How intothe tub and to discharge through the sections 6, 7 and 8. If desired,the valve 11 may be closed, to shut off the water from the sections 6,and as a consequence from the head of the user. The section 8 of thepipe will be shortened or lengthened, to agree with the size of the tub.

I claim 1. A device of. the character specified, comprising asubstantially U-shaped bracket, said bracket comprising a body and arms,each arm having a longitudinal series of spaced openings, a stripsecured to the outer face of each arm and having an outwardly offsetportion, each of the said portions of the strips having a longitudinalseries of openings, the openings of the arms and the strips being inregister, a pipe consisting of aplurality of sections, each of the saidsections being'perforated on its under face, an elbow at one end .of thesaid pipe, a ring encircling the elbow, a second ring arranged co-axialwith the first ring and within the body of the bracket, a pivotalconnection between the last-named ring and the body to permit said ringto swing on a horizontal axis, and a pivotal connection between therings to permit the said rings to swing on a,

mote from the elbow'being curved, and having a rest for engaging theadjacent end of the tub.

2. A device of the character specified, comprising a pipe composed of aplurality of sections, said sections being perforated longitudinally ontheir under faces, the end most section at one end of the pipe beingcurved and having a rest for engaging the edge of the bath tub, an elbowconnected with the other end of the pipe, said elbow being adapted forconnection with the faucet of the bath tub, and means for supportingsaid pipe for lateral swinging movement with respect to the tub, and forvertical swinging movement, said means comprising a bracket ofsubstantially U-shape and consisting of a body and arms, a gimbal jointconnection between the'elbow and the body, each of the said arms havingmeans for engaging the connecting pipes of a bath tub to support thebracket, and means for se curing the bracket to said connecting pipes.

3. A device of the character specified,

comprising a pipe composed of a plurality 'of sections, said sectionsbeing perforated longitudinally on their under faces, the endmostsection at one end of the pipe being curved and having a rest forengaging the edge of the bath tub, an elbow connected with the other endof the pipe, said elbow being adapted for connection with the faucet ofthe bath tub, and means for supporting said pipe for lateral swingingmovement with respect to the tub, and for vertical swinging movement.

4. A device of the character specified, comprising a pipe-composed of aplurality of sections, said sections being perforated longitudinally ontheir under,faces, the endmost section at one end of the pipe beingcurved and having a rest for engaging the edge of the bath tub, and anelbow connected with the other end of the pipe, said elbow being adaptedfor connection with the faucet of the .bath tub.

AXEL ROBERT HOLTMAN.

Witnesses:

H. F. GoEcKEL, H. H. HARRIS,

